“When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.” WayYearsLongStoriesWantedMotherDesireBlackWhiteChangedPagesHundredDecidedEightScreensPoundsShort StoryBlack And WhiteNever ChangeGoatsParagraphLaptops Author:Tea Obreht
“Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more in-depth way than most kids that loved movies at that time. I'd find a filmmaker or something and want to see all his movies.” WayWantKidsAgeYoungFiveHugeSixDepthSevenEightFilmmakerYoung Age Author:Danny Strong
“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.” IfsWayShouldLooksDifferentSongRoomsTalkingPiecesInformationDesignPaperUniqueShould HaveEightBarsKicksFormulasArchitectBlankInitials Author:Ryan Tedder
“We lose eight children and teenagers to gun violence every day. If a mysterious virus suddenly started killing eight of our children every day, America would mobilize teams of doctors and public health officials. We would move heaven and earth until we found a way to protect our children. But not with gun violence.” IfsWayChildrenEarthAmericaMovingFoundHeavenLosesViolenceTeamProtectGunDoctorsOur ChildrenKillingEightMysteriousTeenagerOfficialsGun ControlVirusesHeaven And EarthPublic HealthGun ViolenceProtecting Children Book:A Fighting Chance Source: A Fighting Chance
“Something new has taken place in the past five to eight years. Technologists are providing almost religious visions, and their ideas are resonating in some ways with the same idea of the Rapture.” WayYearsIdeasPastReligiousVisionTakenFiveEightSomething NewProvidingRaptureResonating Author:Eric Horvitz
“No two children learn in the same way. While we might agree that every American eight-year-old should be able to read and multiply, beyond those basics, there are few reasons to make every student follow the same path.” WayShouldYearsChildrenTwoReasonMightAblePathStudentsAgreeEightBasics Author:John Katzman
“Here was a period where I was particularly attacked, and in untrue ways, some people online said some things that were not true about me - but it was very hurtful. And there was like, a period of time that it was very panicky, I was very upset. And my son at the time was, I guess seven, eight months old, and I would wake up early with him and let my wife sleep.” PeopleWaySaidSleepWifeSonMonthsPeriodsWake UpSevenEightMy WifeUpsetOnlineMy SonUntrueHurtfulUp Early Author:David Plotz